CPU: AMD Athlon II X2 260 Regor 3.2GHz
MB: MSI 870A-G54
Memory: G.Skill 8GB (2x4GB 1600MHz)
Before I had the 1600MHz RAM, I had a pair of Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB 1333MHz) that ran just fine, I just wanted to increase the size of my memory. When I had the XMS3s installed, my CPU was OC'd to 3.6GHz, and it was stable, everything ran fine, and it stayed cool. No problems whatsoever. To achieve the 3.6GHz, I increased the front bus speed to 225 rather then the stock 200.
So today I received RAM as a Christmas present. I did a little bit of research before I installed it into my computer, and found out that the 870A-G54 recognizes 1600MHz RAM as overclocked, and that I needed to manually set my timings and stuff, otherwise it would automatically be set to 1333. At this point, I set the timings to 9 9 9 24 and set the DRAM:FSB Ratio to 1:4.
When I installed the G.Skill RAM, I noticed that the MB set it to 1800MHz rather than the specified 1600MHz. So after some toying around in the BIOS, I realized that decreasing the FSB was also decreasing the speed of the RAM (durrrr it totally makes sense now, but I didn't think about it before.)
So my question is, how would I go about OC'ing the CPU but still be able to use the RAM at the specified 1600MHz? Increase the FSB but reduce the ratio to 1.33 or something?
MB: MSI 870A-G54
Memory: G.Skill 8GB (2x4GB 1600MHz)
Before I had the 1600MHz RAM, I had a pair of Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB 1333MHz) that ran just fine, I just wanted to increase the size of my memory. When I had the XMS3s installed, my CPU was OC'd to 3.6GHz, and it was stable, everything ran fine, and it stayed cool. No problems whatsoever. To achieve the 3.6GHz, I increased the front bus speed to 225 rather then the stock 200.
So today I received RAM as a Christmas present. I did a little bit of research before I installed it into my computer, and found out that the 870A-G54 recognizes 1600MHz RAM as overclocked, and that I needed to manually set my timings and stuff, otherwise it would automatically be set to 1333. At this point, I set the timings to 9 9 9 24 and set the DRAM:FSB Ratio to 1:4.
When I installed the G.Skill RAM, I noticed that the MB set it to 1800MHz rather than the specified 1600MHz. So after some toying around in the BIOS, I realized that decreasing the FSB was also decreasing the speed of the RAM (durrrr it totally makes sense now, but I didn't think about it before.)
So my question is, how would I go about OC'ing the CPU but still be able to use the RAM at the specified 1600MHz? Increase the FSB but reduce the ratio to 1.33 or something?